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Mixed Blessings

‘Mixed Blessings’

Season 3, Episode 23 -  Aired March 19, 1988

Dorothy is surprised when her son Michael announces he's engaged to a woman who happens to be black and nearly twice his age.

Quote from Dorothy

Rose: Dorothy, what are you still doing up?
Dorothy: Oh, I couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd watch a little TV to unwind, take my mind off my troubles.
Rose: What are you watching?
Dorothy: Judgment at Nuremberg.

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Quote from Dorothy

Greta: I hope we didn't wake you. My sisters and I couldn't sleep.
Libby: We felt terrible about the things we said to you.
Dorothy: We didn't agree on much of anything, did we?
Greta: Look, neither one of us wants this marriage to happen. So instead of fighting, why don't we try to figure a way out of this mess.
Dorothy: You like cheesecake?
Greta: Can Ella shatter glass?

Quote from Sophia

Sophia: Did a white man and a wrinkled old black woman come in here?
Greta: She meant a regal black woman and a scuzzy little white boy.

Quote from Sophia

Greta: Lorraine, he's not good enough for you. You can do better.
Sophia: Oh, yeah? When's the last time you took a good look at the merchandise you're trying to move?

Quote from Dorothy

Lorraine: We both love you very much, but we also love each other. Now, we're getting married. If you can't deal with that, you don't have to see us. But that means you also won't get to see your grandchild.
Greta: Say what?
Lorraine: I'm pregnant.
Dorothy: Greta, can I talk to you for a minute?
Greta: I was gonna ask you the same thing.
Dorothy: They're going to get married whether we like it or not. Do you like it?
Greta: No.
Dorothy: Me neither.
Greta: They're also going to have a baby whether we like it or not. Do you wanna see it?
Dorothy: Yes.
Greta: Me, too. So what are we gonna do?
Dorothy: Oh. What mothers have done since the beginning of time. Pretend that we're happy, and then complain to anybody who'll listen.

Quote from Sophia

Greta: I can't believe it. A grandchild.
Dorothy: Little Roger.
Greta: Roger? What do you want him to be, a choreographer? It's Lamar.
Dorothy: Lamar Zbornak. Why don't we just pin a "kick me" sign on the kid? It's Roger.
Greta: Lamar.
Dorothy: Roger.
Greta: Lamar.
Dorothy: Roger.
Greta: Lamar.
Sophia: Fabulous. I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving already.

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